The effect of temperature on the growth of yeasts during the production of Sethemi, South African naturally fermented milk (NFM), was studied by incubating raw milk and milk inoculated with selected yeast strains at 7, 15, 25 and 37 °C. The different temperatures were selected to represent the average ambient temperatures around Bloemfontein, South Africa, during winter, spring, summer, and in ...

The study of fatigue is critical to good usability and durability asphalt pavements. Inaccurate calculation the failure criteria can cause incorrect evaluation performance, leading inaccurate prediction pavement performance poor maintenance planning. This paper develops a stiffness change tendency method (SCTM) that be used model evolution in concrete determine laboratory points characterise di...

introduction: to evaluate the camp -mediated ibmx (3-isobutyle -1-methyl xanthin) and db-camp (dibutyryl camp) effects on differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hescs) into nerve cells were the objectives of this study. methods: we have used royan h1 hesc- derived embryoid bodies with four treatment groups: six days treatment with ibmx (5×10 -4m) and db-camp (10 -9m) (referred to as cam...

In recommender systems, some features directly affect whether an interaction would happen, making the happened interactions not necessarily indicate user preference. For instance, short videos are objectively easier to finish even though may like video. We term such feature as confounding , and video length is a in recommendation. If we fit model on data, just done by most data-driven will be b...

BACKGROUND New methods for identifying bladder cancer (BCa) progression are required. Gene expression microarrays can reveal insights into disease biology and identify novel biomarkers. However, these experiments produce large datasets that are difficult to interpret. OBJECTIVE To develop a novel method of microarray analysis combining two forms of artificial intelligence (AI): neurofuzzy mod...

BACKGROUND Pharmacokinetic estimates for intravenous paracetamol in individual adult cohorts are different to a certain extent, and understanding the covariates of these differences may guide dose individualization. In order to assess covariate effects of intravenous paracetamol disposition in adults, pharmacokinetic data on discrete studies were pooled. METHODS This pooled analysis was based...

The area of software analysis, testing and verification is now undergoing a revolution thanks to the use of automated and scalable support for logical methods. A well-recognized premise is that at the core of software analysis engines is invariably a component using logical formulas for describing states and transformations between system states. The process of using this information for discov...

γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) and its receptors, GABAA,B,C, are expressed in several locations along the gastrointestinal tract. Nevertheless, a role for GABA in enteric synaptic transmission remains elusive. In this study, we characterized the expression and function of GABA in the myenteric plexus of the mouse ileum. About 8% of all myenteric neurons were found to be GABA-immunoreactive (GABA+) ...

There is considerable empirical evidence that using nature-based solutions to restore and enhance hydrological processes such as infiltration, interception, floodplain re-connection water storage, effective at small scales for low medium probability floods. However, the performance of systems spatially distributed larger or under more extreme flooding expected with climate change, has mainly be...